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practices in their pedagogy and skill 

development training in order to meet 

the current and future needs of VR 

consumers who are deaf, hard of 

hearing, or deaf-blind so that they can 

obtain competitive integrated 

employment. We also plan to use online 

forums to collect input and feedback 

from local and national partner 

networks, including consumer and 

professional organizations for 

interpreting and interpreter training. 

These activities will inform our 

development of new funding priorities 

for publication in FY 2016. 

We have also concluded that it would 

be contrary to the public interest to have 

a lapse in the provision of the training 

currently provided by the Regional 

Centers. Allowing funding to lapse 

before a new interpreter education 

delivery system can be implemented 

would leave individuals who are deaf or 

hard of hearing and individuals who are 

deaf-blind without necessary supports 

in the event that critical needs arise. 

For these reasons, the Secretary 

proposes to waive the requirements in 

34 CFR 75.250, which prohibit project 

periods exceeding five years, and the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.261(c)(2), 

which limits the extension of a project 

period if the extension involves the 

obligation of additional Federal funds, 

and to issue continuation awards to the 

five current grantees. Under this 

proposal, the five current grantees with 

project periods ending on September 30, 

2015, would receive funding to operate 

for an additional 12 months. 

Consequently, the expiration date for all 

five grants would be September 30, 

2016. With this proposed waiver and 

extension of the project period, each 

Regional Center will be required to 

develop a plan to demonstrate how it 

will continue to carry out activities 

during the year of the continuation 

award consistent with the scope, goals, 

and objectives of the grantee’s 

application as approved in the 2010 

competition. Such plans should be 

submitted to RSA for review and 

approval by September 1, 2015. 

If the proposed waiver and extension 

of the project period are announced in 

a final notice in the Federal Register, 

the requirements applicable to 

continuation awards for this 

competition set forth in the 2010 notice 

inviting applications and the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.253 would 

apply to any continuation awards 

sought by the current grantees. If we 

announce the waiver and extension as 

final, we will base our decisions 

regarding continuation awards on the 

program narratives, budgets, budget 

narratives, and program performance 

reports submitted by the current 

grantees, and the requirements in 34 

CFR 75.253. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

The Secretary certifies that this 

proposed waiver and extension of the 

project period would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The only entities that would be affected 

are the five current grantees receiving 

Federal funds to serve as the Regional 

Centers and any other potential 

applicants. 

The Secretary certifies that the 

proposed waiver and extension would 

not have a significant economic impact 

on these entities because the extension 

of an existing project period imposes 

minimal compliance costs, and the 

activities required to support the 

additional year of funding would not 

impose additional regulatory burdens or 

require unnecessary Federal 

supervision. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This notice of proposed waiver and 

extension of the project period does not 

contain any information collection 

requirements. 

Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to the requirements 

of Executive Order 12372 and the 

regulations in 34 CFR part 79. One of 

the objectives of the Executive order is 

to foster an intergovernmental 

partnership and a strengthened 

federalism. The Executive order relies 

on processes developed by State and 

local governments for coordination and 

review of proposed Federal financial 

assistance. This document provides 

early notification of our specific plans 

and actions for this program. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: April 13, 2015. 

Sue Swenson, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08912 Filed 4–16–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

34 CFR Part 396 

[Docket ID ED–2015–OSERS–0022] 

Proposed Waiver and Extension of the 

Project Period; National Interpreter 

Education Center for the Training of 

Interpreters for Individuals Who Are 

Deaf and Hard of Hearing and 

Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind 

AGENCY: Rehabilitation Services 

Administration (RSA), Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Proposed waiver and extension 

of the project period. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.160B 

SUMMARY: The Secretary proposes to 

waive the requirements that generally 

prohibit project periods exceeding five 

years and extensions of project periods 

involving the obligation of additional 

Federal funds for a 60-month project 

initially funded in fiscal year (FY) 2010. 

The Secretary also proposes to extend 

the project period for one year. The 

proposed waiver and extension would 

enable the currently funded National 

Interpreter Education Center to receive 

funding through September 30, 2016. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before May 18, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. We will not accept 

comments submitted by fax or by email 

or those submitted after the comment 

period. To ensure that we do not receive 

duplicate copies, please submit your 

comments only once. In addition, please 

include the Docket ID at the top of your 

comments. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov to submit your 

comments electronically. Information 

on using Regulations.gov, including 

instructions for accessing agency 


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documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket, is available on the 

site under ‘‘Are you new to the site?’’ 

• Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, 

or Hand Delivery: If you mail or deliver 

your comments about this proposed 

waiver and extension of the project 

period, address them to Kristen 

Rhinehart-Fernandez, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue 

SW., Room 5027, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2800. 

Privacy Note: The Department’s 

policy is to make all comments received 

from members of the public available for 

public viewing in their entirety on the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 

commenters should be careful to 

include in their comments only 

information that they wish to make 

publicly available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristen Rhinehart-Fernandez. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6103 or by email: 

Kristen.rhinehart@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll-free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Invitation to Comment: We invite you 

to submit comments about this 

proposed waiver and extension of the 

project period. During and after the 

comment period, you may inspect all 

public comments about this proposed 

waiver and extension of the project 

period by accessing Regulations.gov. 

You may also inspect all public 

comments about this proposal in Room 

5027, Potomac Center Plaza, 550 12th 

Street SW., Washington, DC, between 

the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, Monday through 

Friday of each week except Federal 

holidays. 

Assistance to Individuals with 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: On request we will 

supply an appropriate accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this proposed waiver and 

extension of the project period. If you 

want to schedule an appointment for 

this type of accommodation or auxiliary 

aid, please contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Background 

On May 17, 2010, the Department 

published a notice inviting applications 

for new awards for FY 2010 (75 FR 

27539) for a National Interpreter 

Education Center (National Center) to be 

funded under the Rehabilitation 

Training Program, authorized under 

section 302 of the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act). 

The purpose of the National Center is to 

assist Regional Interpreter Education 

Centers (Regional Centers) to train a 

sufficient number of qualified 

interpreters to meet the communications 

needs of individuals who are deaf or 

hard of hearing and individuals who are 

deaf-blind. The Department awarded a 

grant to one National Center in FY 2010 

for a period of 60 months. This project 

is scheduled to end on September 30, 

2015. 

We have determined that it would not 

be in the public interest to run a 

competition under this program in FY 

2015 for a new National Center. RSA 

has funded interpreter training 

programs since 1964 to meet the needs 

of its vocational rehabilitation (VR) 

consumers who are deaf, hard of 

hearing, and deaf-blind. At each critical 

juncture RSA has re-evaluated its 

interpreter training program to 

determine how to best meet the evolving 

needs of consumers of interpreting 

services. In the course of this ongoing 

re-evaluation, we have concluded that, 

since 2005, when the current priority 

was established for the National Center, 

the training needs of interpreters have 

changed as a result of new and emerging 

issues facing VR consumers who are 

deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind. 

Conducting a competition before the 

Department has had an opportunity to 

engage in strategic planning activities 

for the current program could result in 

(1) an ineffective or poorly targeted 

investment that would not meet the 

training needs of qualified interpreters 

and (2) the inability to sufficiently meet 

the communication needs of individuals 

who are deaf or hard of hearing and 

individuals who are deaf-blind. We 

intend to use the remainder of FY 2015 

and part of FY 2016 to consider how a 

National Center can best support the 

work of the Regional Centers; influence 

the field of interpreter education; and 

ultimately meet the current and future 

needs of VR consumers who are deaf, 

hard of hearing, and deaf-blind so that 

they can obtain competitive integrated 

employment. We also plan to engage 

consumers, consumer organizations, 

community resources, service providers 

(especially VR agencies), VR State 

coordinators for the deaf, rehabilitation 

counselors for the deaf, and other 

appropriate individuals and entities 

about their ongoing and projected needs 

for a National Center, as well as gather 

examples of how they might utilize a 

National Center in the future. These 

activities will inform new funding 

priorities planned in FY 2016 for this 

program. 

We have also concluded that it would 

be contrary to the public interest to have 

a lapse in the provision of the training 

currently provided by the National 

Center. Allowing funding to lapse before 

a new interpreter education delivery 

system can be implemented would leave 

individuals who are deaf or hard of 

hearing and individuals who are deafblind without necessary supports in the 

event that critical needs arise. 

For these reasons, the Secretary 

proposes to waive the requirements in 

34 CFR 75.250, which prohibit project 

periods exceeding five years, and the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.261(c)(2), 

which limit the extension of a project 

period if the extension involves the 

obligation of additional Federal funds, 

and to issue a continuation award to the 

current National Center. Under this 

proposal, the current grantee with a 

project period ending on September 30, 

2015, would receive funding to operate 

for an additional 12 months. 

Consequently, the expiration date for 

this grant would be September 30, 2016. 

With this proposed waiver and 

extension of the project period, the 

National Center will be required to 

develop a plan to demonstrate how it 

will continue to carry out activities 

during the year of the continuation 

award consistent with the scope, goals, 

and objectives of the grantee’s 

application as approved in the 2010 

competition. Such a plan should be 

submitted to RSA for review and 

approval by September 1, 2015. 

If the proposed waiver and extension 

of the project period are announced in 

a final notice in the Federal Register, 

the requirements applicable to 

continuation awards for this 

competition set forth in the 2010 notice 

inviting applications and the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.253 would 

apply to any continuation award sought 

by the current grantee. If we announce 

the waiver and extension as final, we 

will base our decision regarding a 

continuation award on the program 

narrative, budget, budget narrative, and 

program performance reports submitted 

by the current grantee, and the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.253. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

The Secretary certifies that this 

proposed waiver and extension of the 

project period would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The only entities that would be affected 

are the current grantee receiving Federal 


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funds to serve as the National Center 

and any other potential applicants. 

The Secretary certifies that the 

proposed waiver and extension would 

not have a significant economic impact 

on these entities because the extension 

of an existing project imposes minimal 

compliance costs, and the activities 

required to support the additional year 

of funding would not impose additional 

regulatory burdens or require 

unnecessary Federal supervision. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This notice of proposed waiver and 

extension of the project period does not 

contain any information collection 

requirements. 

Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to the requirements 

of Executive Order 12372 and the 

regulations in 34 CFR part 79. One of 

the objectives of the Executive order is 

to foster an intergovernmental 

partnership and a strengthened 

federalism. The Executive order relies 

on processes developed by State and 

local governments for coordination and 

review of proposed Federal financial 

assistance. This document provides 

early notification of our specific plans 

and actions for this program. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: April 13, 2015. 

Sue Swenson, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08909 Filed 4–16–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2014–0188; FRL–9926–30– 

Region 5] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Michigan; SO2 Rules 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a 

request by the Michigan Department of 

Environmental Quality (MDEQ) 

submitted on February 14, 2014, and 

supplemented on October 27, 2014, to 

revise the Michigan state 

implementation plan (SIP) to 

incorporate sulfur dioxide (SO2) limits 

found in ‘‘Part 4: Emissions Limitations 

and Prohibitions—Sulfur Bearing 

Compounds’’ of Michigan’s Air 

Pollution Control Rules. EPA is 

proposing to take no action on the 

provisions pertaining to the Federal 

Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) SO2

trading program because CAIR is no 

longer in effect. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 18, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R05– 

OAR–2014–0188 by one of the following 

methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: blakley.pamela@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (312) 692–2450. 

4. Mail: Pamela Blakley, Chief, 

Control Strategies Section (AR–18J), 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604. 

5. Hand Delivery: Pamela Blakley, 

Chief, Control Strategies Section (AR– 

18J), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Regional 

Office normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. The 

Regional Office official hours of 

business are Monday through Friday, 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. 

Please see the direct final rule which 

is located in the Rules section of this 

Federal Register for detailed 

instructions on how to submit 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles Hatten, Environmental 

Engineer, Control Strategies Section, Air 

Programs Branch (AR–18J), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886–6031, 

hatten.charles@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Final Rules section of this Federal 

Register, EPA is approving a portion of 

the State’s SIP submittal as a direct final 

rule without prior proposal because the 

Agency views this as a noncontroversial 

submittal and anticipates no adverse 

comments. A detailed rationale for the 

approval is set forth in the direct final 

rule. If EPA does not receive adverse 

comments in response to this rule, no 

further activity is contemplated. If EPA 

receives adverse comments, EPA will 

withdraw the direct final rule and will 

address all public comments received in 

a subsequent final rule based on this 

proposed rule. EPA will not institute a 

second comment period. Any parties 

interested in commenting on this action 

should do so at this time. Please note 

that if EPA receives adverse comment 

on an amendment, paragraph, or section 

of this rulemaking, and if that provision 

can be severed from the remainder of 

the rule, EPA may adopt as final those 

provisions of the rule that are not the 

subject of an adverse comment. For 

additional information, see the direct 

final rule which is located in the Rules 

section of this Federal Register. 

Dated: April 2, 2015. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08889 Filed 4–16–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2014–0294; FRL–9926–28– 

Region–5] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; Indiana; 

CO Monitoring 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a 

revision to Indiana’s monitoring 

requirements as a revision to the State 

Implementation Plan (SIP). The SIP 

revision was submitted by Indiana to 

EPA on January 22, 2014. Once 

approved, the SIP would authorize 

emission units that combust sewage 

sludge to continuously monitor carbon 


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